Luggage-carrier for bicycles



R. S. CARSON.

LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

APPLICAHON FILED MAR. 22, I920.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920;

1 g a 99m 6 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT SCOTT CARSON, F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR 'IO DOW WIRE &IRON WORKS, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A. CORPORATION.

LUGGAGE-CARRIER FOR BICYCLES.

Application filed March 22, 1920. Serial No. 367,916.

To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ROBERT ScoTT CARSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county ofJefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Luggage- Carriers for Bicycles; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as Wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invent-ion relates to luggage carriers for bicycles, and has forits object to provide a carrier of simple and inexpensive construction,and which can be readily adjusted to fit different makes and heights ofbicycle frames and difierent styles of handle-bars, so that the floor ofthe carrier may be positioned in proper horizontal plane.

The invention consists in the novel construction of the carrier andparticularly in the adjustable construction of the attaching means.

Referring to the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the head portion of a bicycle frame, thecarrier and handle-bar being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the carrier.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing in detail'the adjustable support infull and dotted lines.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout theseveral figures, in which:

1 indicates the luggage carrier, 2 the head of a bicycle frame and 3 thehandle-bars.

The carrier 1 is constructed preferably of thin metal strips 4interwoven and welded or otherwise suitably secured together and shapedin conventional basket form.

Centrally and transversely of the carrier is a wide stiffening andreinforcing strip ,5 bent to conform to the basket and having its ends 6bent around the metal frame 7, to which frame 7 the ends of thetransverse and longitudinal members 4 are also secured. The horizontalside and end members 4 have their meeting ends preferably weldedtogether so as to form endless members to increase the strength anddurability of the device.

Referring now to the central strip 5, it will be seen that the same isprovidedwith a series of elongated openings 8 for the selectivereception of the tongue 9 of the attaching member 10; said attachingmember 10 being preferably a flat metal strip terminating at its rearend in a downward bend to be received by the metal band-segment 11, saidband-segment being suitably formed to receive the bicycle head-attachingstrap 12. The tongue 9 of the attaching member 10 is of'less Width thanthe body of the attaching member, which construction forms two shoulders9'. The tongue 9 is bent upwardly at 10 and then downwardly and parallelwith but in a different horizontal plane than the body of the attachingmember 10. This offset positioning of the tongue 9 permits the saidtongue to lie flat upon the central strip 5, while the body of theattaching member 10 lies flat against the underside of the central strip5; thus locking the attaching member against movement transversely ofthe basket.

Welded or otherwise suitably secured to the central strip 5, is a yoke13 having its depending arms 14 perforated at 15 to receive a cotter pin16, the arms 14 straddling the attaching member 10 so that the cotterpin 16 retains said attaching member in proper operative position.

Secured to the frame 7 of the carrier, are

. the handlebar-attaching straps 7 by means of which the carrier istransverse cycle.

Having thus described the several parts of the carrier, it is adjustableand attached to a bicycle as follows:

The attaching member 10 is bendable at 17 so as to position theband-segment 1.1 at the proper angle to conform to the angle ofthebicycle head. The cotter pin 16 is withdrawn from the yoke .13 andthe attaching member 10 is dropped down into position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 3. The tongue 9 of the attaching member 10 is thenwithdrawn from its cooperative opening 8 in the central strip 5, and theattaching-member 10 is moved forwardly or rearw'ardly of the carrier asmay be required in order to accommodate the attaching member to theposition of the bicycle head so as to insure the proper horizontaldisposition of the basket. The tongue 9 of the attaching momsecured inproper position wlth respect to the biber 10 is then entered in theproper opening Patented Nov. 16, 1920.-

' through said 8 in the central strip 5 to retain this fore and aftadjustment of the attaching member- .'i(); the attaching member beingthen raised into position shown in full lines in Fig. 3 and between thearms of the yoke 13. li hcreupon the cotter pin 16 is passed arms andunder the attaching member 10; thus locking the attaching member ineilective operative position and against movement with respect to thecarrier. The head-attaching-strap'lQ is then secured around the bicyclehead to bring the bandsegment snugly in position against the said head.H V 7 hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is: w

71. A luggage carrier for bicycles including a receptacle and meansforattaching the receptacle to the handle-bar of abicycle, a centralmember on the floor or bottom of the receptacle, said central memberbeing provided with a series of perforations, an

attaching member including a tongue for selective engagement with aperforation in the central member and movable tore and aft With respectto the central member, a yoke straddlingthe attaching member, a pincarried by said yoke and under said attachselective entry in aperforation in the perforated member, additional means for retaining theattaching member 1n proper operative position, and means on saidattaching member for securing the same to the head of a blcycle.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

ROBERT I SCOTT CARSON.

